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Highest Paying Industries for Air Traffic Controllers

The top 17 highest paying industries for air traffic controllers (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment in those industries are also shown. As shown in the table, with an average annual salary of $132,710, engineering services is the highest paying industry for air traffic controllers. It is followed by architectural, engineering, and related services industry (average annual salary $132,710). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in May 2015 [1]. For more information about salaries of air traffic controllers in a specific industry, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 17 Highest Paying Industries for Air Traffic Controllers

Rank	Industry	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Engineering Services	$132,710	$67,600	n/a
2	Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services	$132,710	$67,600	n/a
3	Federal government, including USPS	$126,910	$71,960	20,530
4	Federal Executive Branch (OES Designation)	$126,910	$71,960	20,530
5	Public sector -- Federal, state, and local government, including government owned schools and hospit	$126,900	$71,960	20,600
6	Federal, State, and Local Government (OES Designation)	$126,900	$71,960	20,590
7	Federal, State, and Local Government	$126,900	$71,960	20,590
8	Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services	$104,060	$64,210	80
9	Support Activities for Air Transportation	$73,630	$54,330	1,640
10	Support Activities for Transportation	$73,630	$54,320	1,640
11	Transportation and Warehousing	$72,730	$49,170	2,100
12	Management of Companies and Enterprises	$64,670	$23,590	40
13	Scheduled Air Transportation	$61,520	$41,570	430
14	Air Transportation	$60,310	$41,140	n/a
15	Nonscheduled Air Transportation	$52,440	$34,160	n/a
16	Local government, including schools and hospitals	$51,790	$39,530	70
17	Local Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	$48,140	$37,620	60